Paul Schmidt has joined EMD Crop BioScience as President, succeeding Tom Winkofske, who will retire at the end of the year. To aid in the transition, Winkofske will temporarily serve in a consultant role. Schmidt brings 25 years of experience in the crop bioscience industry and most recently served as Vice President of New Business Ventures for Bayer CropScience, developing …
Berry-Perfect Holiday Drinks
The holiday cocktail of choice for holiday parties? The Cosmopolitan, of course. To shake things up a bit, though, you can delight friends and family with a new twist on an old favorite by adding fresh or frozen California strawberries. Strawberry Cosmopolitans aren’t only delicious; they’re good for you too, according to the California Strawberry Commission. Independent researchers published a …
Association for Downloadable Media Election Results
The election results are in for the Association for Downloadable Media. What is that you ask? Here’s the mission statement: To provide leadership in and organization of advertising and audience measurement standards, research, education and advocacy to all those involved in downloadable media (such as podcast/ATOM/RSS media enclosures) across the Internet, mobile devices, handsets, set-top boxes, P2P and other emerging …
Understanding Blogs in Plain English
Although I get hired to make presentations about blogging and podcasting I sure don’t mind sharing when someone else says it better than me. Here’s a great little video that might help those half dozen or so of you out there who still don’t get the blogging thing. Via Podcasting News
Changing Mobile Phone Companies
The new Marantz PMD 620 has arrived at ZimmComm courtesy of Evan Slack, Evan Slack Network. Thank you Evan for the early Christmas present. It’s going to get a work out I can tell you. Look for it connected to the golden ZimmComm microphone at a farm meeting near you. Posting has been light the last two days because I’m …
Show Me Some Schmap
Many of the pictures I take out and about the country have been getting used by various publications, newsletters and websites. Here’s a unique one than I was happy to allow to use a couple of the photos I took at this summer’s CMA Music Festival. It’s called Schmap. They’re basically travel guides. They needed some photos for their Nashville …
Getting Back in Action
Hello from the central part of the country. I’ve been a little lazy on posting this weekend I admit. It doesn’t mean nothing has been done though. I’ve been doing some new creative backups of hard drives and computers and a number of other interesting things to get ZimmComm New Media ready for a gangbuster year coming up. We’ve got …
FAO State of Food and Agriculture
The FAO has released it’s annual State of Food and Agriculture report. This year they’re advocating payments to farmers. The State of Food and Agriculture 2007 explores the potential for agriculture to provide enhanced levels of environmental services alongside the production of food and fibre. The report concludes that demand for environmental services from agriculture – including climate change mitigation, …
Back In Action In KC, MO
The agriblogger is back in action this week after some necessary time off in the woods. It was a relaxing and successful deer hunt as you can see. I just got in to Kansas City and will be heading down to the action at the end of the NAMA Agribusiness Forum and the start of the NAFB convention. Expect to …
America’s Largest Flying Flag
America’s largest flying American flag will be proudly displayed at RFD-TV The Theatre on Nov. 9-11 as a part of Veteran’s Homecoming, the country’s largest Veterans Day celebration, which takes place in Branson, Mo. The flag, which is 120 feet long, 65 feet wide and weighs over 200 lbs, is a project of the United Veterans of America chapter from …